Rift Call to Action: Rift is getting updates again? 21 Jan 2022 I dared ask the question with the word "updates" - yes, plural! About a month ago, gamigo was teasing about Rift possibly getting something new. They said that in Q1…
Blogging Months… Bloganuary: What is your favorite screenshot you’ve ever taken? 20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022 Finally another bloganuary prompt that fits to my blog! The original asks about a photo which doesn't quite fit. But screenshots are close enough, I guess. I don't really want…
Game Design… Is there a game like Defiance? 13 Jan 2022 I stumbled upon a German article about which games died in 2021. One of them was Defiance / Defiance 2050. Now, I am not a fan of shooter games. The…
Games… Most viewed blog posts in 2021 9 Jan 202210 Jan 2022 I think it's nice to take a look at the blog's stats once in a while, even if I don't care about hits much. As long as there are some…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Games I’m looking forward to in 2022 9 Jan 202216 Jan 2022 My current list of games that I'm looking forward to this year has three games and one expansion... Not that many, although I am quite sure I will find a…
Guild Wars 2… What is an MMO road trip you would love to take? 2 Jan 20222 Jan 2022 The original post from Wordpress' bloganuary asked for a "real world" road trip, but it makes more sense to think about the MMOs I'm playing instead. My first thought was…
Games Most disappointing games in 2021 30 Dec 202131 Dec 2021 Altogether, I would say that there weren't many disappointments this year. One huge one, though, followed by two minor ones. My number 1 spot goes to Atlas Rogues. This game…
City-builder/Simulation Game… My favourite games in 2021 29 Dec 2021 I haven't been able to play as many games or as often this year than in previous years. First, I had to deal with nausea. And since baby girl arrived,…
Atlas Rogues… What to do with gamigo… 18 Dec 2021 I totally missed this piece of news from the latest investor report about gamigo's plans for their games in 2022. Massively reported about it in November (other outlets, too, but…
Blogging Months… Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2 30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021 I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don't know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the…
First Impression Review… Quick Impressions: Mini Healer 30 Nov 2021 I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Quick Impressions: Tavern Master 29 Nov 2021 I actually expected Tavern Master to go into Early Access before it releases. So when I saw the message from the developer that it was to actually release on November…
Blogging Months… Paeroka’s Ponderings: When is a game too cheap? 29 Nov 2021 Quite obviously, developers need to make a living, so they do need to earn enough to pay for rent, food, health insurance and all that other nonsense that people like…
Blogging Months… GW2 End of Dragons: Mechanist Love 24 Nov 2021 I am so out of the loop with the upcoming new elite specialisations in Guild Wars 2. When it comes to these specializations, I want to know whether it's worth…
Blogging Months… New games (autumn 2021) 2 Nov 2021 I have a big enough backlog as it is, but I still had to get a few more games... although I feel that I really need to slow down now!…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos 12 Oct 2021 After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…
Games in Development Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): Gremlins Inc. – Card Game 3 Oct 2021 Limited play time means that I need to be much pickier about which games I'm going to give a try during this week's Steam Next Festival. It started on October…
Game Design… Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP? 25 Sep 2021 Massively OP mused about this question recently... and since it's a question, of course my brain started trying to answer it for myself. Star Trek Online was mentioned right in…
Atlas Rogues… Goodbye, Atlas Rogues? 7 Sep 2021 I do not have much hope left for Atlas Rogues. And even though there's been a lot of criticism about the new take on the Atlas Reactor IP (no PvP,…
Fun!… Turn-based games to the rescue! 6 Aug 2021 Baby girl arrived about a month ago and since then, quite obviously, my free time has been severely limited. When she is sleeping, since she absolutely refuses to sleep in her…
Games… Steam Next Fest Favourites – Deepest Chamber and Revival: Recolonization 30 Jun 2021 As I said in my previous post, Blacksmith Legends barely didn't make it onto this list with my favourites. I would have liked to play it more and enjoyed it,…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 2 27 Jun 2021 This is part 2 with the demos that I tried during Steam's most recent Game Fest. Part 1 included seven new games that I tried out. This post now will…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 1 24 Jun 2021 We had another demo festival on Steam. Of course, I jumped in to see if I can find a new little gem to look forward to. I also wanted to…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Games I’m playing (June 2021) 16 Jun 2021 I would like to say that I'm deeply enjoying the new content that came with Burning Crusade Classic, but I'm not. The reason is that my only level 60 character…
Guild Wars 2 Finally a gourmet in Guild Wars 2 16 May 2021 One of the good things of returning to an MMO after not having played it much for a longer time is that there is so much to discover (in MMOs…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Spending a day in Aven Colony 10 May 2021 This is not the first time I've played Aven Colony, but I didn't get far in the game. Saturday was the first day of my one week off from work…
Bookahneer's Geekwatch… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (May 2021) 2 May 2021 Guild Wars 2: What's coming next I actually wasn't expecting ArenaNet to give us a timeline of what's coming when in the next few months, but they did! The highlight…
Fun!… Meanwhile in German WoW Classic… 22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 After the latest patch, I logged on and got very annoyed as without a warning, all addons had been reset. Why was that? As much as I love using addons,…
Community… [Civ VI] Long Live the Queen! – Turns (411-420) 18 Apr 2021 I admit, I had actually forgotten about this game in the meantime. My last turns happened in November 2020. But of course, I am happy to see it go on!…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Games I’ve been playing in March ’21 4 Apr 2021 I know of several other bloggers who write about the games they've been playing - most recently I read Rakuno's post. Since I haven't spent that much time in any…
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